Cardiac Anxiety in Cardiac Arrest Survivors: Examining the Role of Heart Rhythm Management Devices and Cardiovascular Disease History

Poster Session VI

Keyword: Other

Abstract: Implanted heart rhythm management devices improve survival for cardiac arrest survivors, but they may impact their subsequent distress differently depending on perceived cardiac risk. Prior cardiovascular disease history was associated with greater cardiac anxiety in 76 survivors, and this effect was strongest for patients with implanted devices.

• Camila Domínguez-Imbert Nieto (Presenting Author)
• Tara St. Onge (Author)
• Danielle Rojas (Author)
• Jacqueline Nacipucha (Author)
• Guixiao Ding (Author)
• Gaspar Cruz (Author)
• Maia ten Brink (Author)
• Sachin Agarwal (Author)
• Jeffrey Birk (Author)